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 LCI has developed several design tools and processes to help educators create standards-based units.  Download a resource guide on organizing centers and a rubric for assessing standards alignment.

 

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Become a member of the   LCI Ning. Participate in conversations about the Common Core State Standards with other educators from around the nation.  Share your ideas and questions about the Common Core State Standards. LCI remains committed to supporting online discourse around the Common Core and other important topics in education.

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"The map is not the territory."
 Alfred Korzybski   

(American Scientist and Philosopher, 1879-1950)    

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Just Right Mapping 

by Giselle O. Martin-Kniep

 

Giselle Martin-KniepThere are many compelling arguments in support of curriculum mapping. The process itself enables teachers to articulate what they teach and how they assess inside a chronology. Completed maps can show the relationship among desired standards, skills, lessons, assessments and resources. They can offer teachers from within a subject or grade level opportunities to compare instructional strategies, identify resources to differentiate student learning, make adjustments in units to build.  

 

Few could argue about the value of explicitly articulating the operational curriculum that teachers use... read more ---------------------------------- 

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